Harm associated with sports gambling finally arrives at AFL’s door | Tom Haskell

The irony of the league sanctioning a player for something it is complicit in promoting is glaring

With the news of Collingwood forward Jaidyn Stephenson’s 10-game suspension for placing three same game multi-bets totalling $36 in three separate matches in which he played, there is a certain irony to the Rising Star winner being punished so harshly for participating in something that has become so widespread with the help of the AFL.

It is difficult to have sympathy for the AFL in this regard, but for Stephenson, as a young man who fits the targeted audience, a degree of empathy ought to be granted.

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